On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the streets are also bustling in the early morning, the merchants open their doors early in the morning to do business, every household is ready for the festival, the old people rush to buy vegetables in the morning, some naughty children take advantage of the adults are not careful, run out and secretly set off firecrackers, hide at the door and eat moon cakes.

The horse-drawn carriage drove through the bustling Jiankang neighborhood and then drove towards the Jiming Temple outside the city. Xiao Mingyue lifted the curtain, looked out, and said with a smile: "The yellow hair hangs down, and I am happy." "

Amber said anxiously on the side: "Miss, when is it, you still have the heart to watch the scenery." "

Xiao Mingyue turned her head and said to Amber, "Why don't you come and take a look." "

Amber said: "It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry." "

When Xiao Mingyue heard this, she snorted and said to Amber with a smile: "Take it easy, even if Your Majesty really makes a will, you shouldn't be sad, be happy!"

Amber pouted and said, "The slave is worried that the young lady will really marry the third prince." "

Xiao Mingyue said: "Now it's just Queen Youlan's own meaning, and Your Majesty didn't agree, why are you panicking?" "

Amber said, "What if Your Majesty agrees, then what shall we do?" "

Xiao Mingyue comforted Amber and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty will not agree easily, Your Majesty attaches the most importance to human etiquette, and now that my cousin has not yet married, how can my brother's marriage be better than my brother's reason!"

After that, I chatted with Amber for a few more words, and then I arrived at Jiming Temple.

The sweeping monk outside the courtyard saw that it was a royal carriage, so he hurriedly went in to inform the abbot master, Xiao Mingyue and Amber got out of the carriage, and asked the entourage to wait outside.

After a while, the abbot came out to greet him, Xiao Mingyue saw the abbot, so he stepped forward to say hello, and the abbot also returned the salute to Xiao Mingyue very politely: "Miss is driving today, I don't know if I came to offer incense or make a wish?" "

Xiao Mingyue said with a smile: "I have something to ask the gods for guidance, and I hope that the master will take care of it." "

The master replied, "Miss, please come with me." "

So, he went straight to the main hall.

Passing through the transept and coming to the main hall, early in the morning, there were not too many pilgrims.

So Xiao Mingyue knelt down on her knees, looked at the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva respectfully, and said: "Guanyin Bodhisattva is above, the little girl Xiao Mingyue only wants to seek a person with one heart and hold hands for a lifetime, hoping not to marry half of the person she doesn't like, and hope that the Bodhisattva will be fulfilled." "

After that, he bowed three times.

After getting up, he said to the master, "Thank you, master, I have sincerely explained to the Bodhisattva what is in my heart. "

The master said: "I saw that Miss was radiant before, but now I have a little more sorrow, and I think Miss must be troubled." "

Xiao Mingyue said: "As the master said. "

The master said: "Miss, don't be worried, the poor monk sees that there is a red gas between Miss's eyebrows, and the sorrow in his heart must dissipate." "

Xiao Mingyue said with a smile: "Thank you for your advice." Dare to ask the master, is the fortune teller who lives in this backyard still there? "

The master said, "This person has left this temple not long ago. "

Xiao Mingyue hurriedly asked, "I don't know where I went?" "

The master said: "It is said that he is going to travel all over the world, and the poor monk does not know its direction, but he left two letters to Miss, saying that Miss will come to pick it up in the future." "

With that, he took out two letters from his sleeves and handed them to Xiao Mingyue.

Xiao Mingyue took it and saw that it was written: You can only open one at a time. and marked separately: one and two. So I opened the first letter and saw a picture painted on it, in which a young couple in wedding dresses were saluting a middle-aged beautiful woman, and a wind blew and the bride's hijab was blown up. There is no text in the picture.

Xiao Mingyue thought to herself, she must be hinting at something, took the letter and said goodbye to the master with Amber, and prepared to rush back.

As soon as he left the temple gate, he saw Xiao Zhong and Chen Xian standing at the temple gate, waiting for him.

Seeing that he had come out, Chen Xian hurriedly stepped forward, stared at Xiao Mingyue with a frown on his brows, and said, "Why didn't you tell me?" "

Xiao Mingyue smiled: "What to tell you?" "

Chen Xian said: "Why didn't the third prince tell me what he wanted about you?" "

Xiao Mingyue said: "It's not decided yet, maybe it's not as we think." "

Chen Xian said a little anxiously: "The intention is already so obvious, what else will it be!"

Xiao Mingyue was very happy to see Chen Xian so anxious, but she deliberately said calmly on her face: "What if Your Majesty really gives you a marriage?" "

Chen Xian looked at Xiao Mingyue and said firmly: "Then I will go and ask Your Majesty, no matter what, even if you lose your official position and don't want your life, I will not let you marry someone else." "

Xiao Mingyue smiled when she heard this: "The honor of exchanging your life for it, if you don't want it, you don't want it!?" "

Chen Xian said: "For you, I can't control much. "

Xiao Mingyue said: "Big fool, who wants your life." "

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Zhong said to the two: "What's the matter, let's go back and talk about it, I came out too early, I haven't had breakfast yet." ”

So, a few people got into the carriage and hurried back.

Above the Liang court.

Emperor Wu of Liang and the courtiers had a lot of discussions about Zhu Rong's behavior of expropriating and seizing the people's fat and ointment since he came to power.

Guanglu doctor Sun Huai'an said: "Now that Zhu Rong's regime is unstable and unpopular with the people, if my Liang sends troops to attack Wei, under the banner of Zhu Rong's usurpation of power and killing the former emperor and avenging his relatives and concubines, he will definitely be able to win a big victory, and then seize a large area of land in the Northern Wei Dynasty and enrich my Liang." ”

Gao Dazai retorted and said: "Although Zhu Rong is a chaotic minister and thief, but his troops are full, since he can successfully get rid of Emperor Wei and Empress Dowager Zheng, he is not an idle person, if we easily send troops to provoke war, not only will the people and money be lost, but the peace obtained by years of war will be in vain, and if the war is defeated, my Liang will collapse." ”

Guanglu doctor Sun An said again: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger, if you don't fight at this time, when will you fight?" If I have been timid, when will my beam have a strong day?!"

When Emperor Wu heard this, he felt that what he said made some sense, so he asked, "Do the other Qing families have any objections?" ”

Shang Shuling expressed his support for Vawei, while Taishi Lu Qicong, Situ Fanyan, and Sikong Jiang Kun all agreed with Gao Dazai's statement, and the rest of Gao Taichang and Shen Shilang held a neutral opinion.

Emperor Wu of Liang is now past the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he does not have the fighting spirit of his youth at all, although he also has a little heart to attack Wei, but in contrast, like the ministers, he is more afraid of losing the battle and wants to be content with the status quo, so he decided not to send troops to attack Wei under the pretext that Liang has insufficient troops and needs to recuperate.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Xiao Wen and Xue Taifu walked together, and asked Xue Taifu: "Why doesn't Taifu support the invasion of Wei, if his father agrees to send troops, Chen Xian will definitely be sent to the front line, and then the eldest brother will not lose his arms?" ”

Xue Taifu said: "Could it be that His Highness thinks that his military achievements are not enough?" If General Chen makes military achievements in the war against Wei again, then the position of the crown prince of His Royal Highness will be equivalent to sitting firmly. ”

Xiao Wendao: "But for now, his stay in Jiankang is still not good for us." ”

Mrs. Xue said: "If people stay by their side, we can always detect it, it is better than putting it outside, and the biggest obstacle at the moment is not Chen Xian." ”

Xiao Wen listened, and his eyes turned slightly: Taifu's implication is General Xiao? ”

Mrs. Xue said: "Your Highness is extravagant." ”

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On the carriage, Xiao Mingyue was still seriously thinking about painting, and Amber said with concern: "I don't know what this fortune teller means?" Could it be fooling us? ”

Xiao Mingyue said: "Before we think clearly, how can we define it randomly, I believe that old man should not be so boring to tease us." ”

Amber listened to this, felt reasonable, and nodded: "But why did he draw a picture, why didn't he just write, it's really strange." ”

Xiao Mingyue took out the picture and looked at it again, and when she looked carefully, she suddenly saw the strangeness in it, so she said excitedly: "I understand!"

Amber was puzzled when she heard this.

And Xiao Mingyue had already thought of a countermeasure at this time.

returned to the palace, Xiao Mingyue had nightmares that night, and there was more than one, and then it was like this every night, making the palace boiling, and it was rumored that Xiao Mingyue saw a ghost and was haunted by ghosts.

Chunning Palace first found a doctor to diagnose the pulse, but he couldn't see what the symptoms were, and the medicine that calmed the nerves still didn't work; It was still useless to find a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits, but Xiao Mingyue was normal during the day, and at night she was haunted by nightmares.

For six nights in a row, night after night, on the seventh night, there were no signs of nightmares at first, but when the night was ugly, Xiao Mingyue suddenly woke up and sat up from the bed, pinched her neck with her hands, and said viciously: "The time has come!" Take your life!" After saying that, he rushed out of the room and ran outside.

Amber hurriedly chased out with the other girls, looking for Xiao Mingyue everywhere, and finally the guards found Xiao Mingyue fainting at the gate of Queen Youlan's palace.

On the second day, Concubine Hu, Xiao Zhong, Chen Xian, Emperor Wu of Liang, Empress Youlan, Xiao Jing, Xiao Wen and others all came to visit.

Xiao Mingyue was lying on the bed, very weak, but she still looked normal, Amber stood aside and cried: "Miss, you must not be fine." ”

Concubine Hu also shed tears and said: "Yue'er, Yue'er, poor child, how did a good person suddenly become like this." ”

Queen Youlan also said on the side: "I shouldn't have seen anything unclean, have you invited a mage?" ”

Concubine Hu cried and said, "I invited a Taoist priest before, opened the altar, and did the Fa, but it was still like this. ”

Emperor Wu hurriedly comforted Concubine Hu and said: "Don't worry, Yue'er will be fine, the widow immediately issued an order: gather the best doctors and warlocks in the world with a lot of money, and Yue'er will definitely be cured." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Mingyue went crazy again, and said, "I'm going to kill you now!" Don't think anyone can save you and kill you now! Once tonight is over, even the queen won't be able to save you, hahaha!" After speaking, he started to pinch his neck again, Amber and Qingwen and others hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, some patted their faces, some shook their bodies, and some pulled their hands, and after a while, Xiao Mingyue came to her senses, but her expression was very frightened.

Concubine Hu hurriedly said, "Mingyue, what happened just now?" ”

Xiao Mingyue said fearfully: "I, that terrifying vicious female ghost just now is going to kill me again, saying that she has taken a fancy to me and wants me to be a handmaid for her after I die, tonight!" She will come to take my life tonight at the latest, aunt save me!"

Concubine Hu was busy comforting Xiao Mingyue, and after a while, Xiao Zhong asked with concern on the side: "Cousin, you just said that the queen mother saved you, what's going on?" ”

Xiao Mingyue hurriedly said: "That female ghost said that only the most noble woman in the world can suppress her and save my life, but it's too late, tonight, she will come to kill me!" After saying that, he curled up to the side and cried again in fright.

"No wonder the county lord fainted outside the mother's harem last night." Xiao Jing said.

"The most noble woman in the world? Isn't that the Queen's Mother? Chen Xian said on the side.

"Please also ask the queen mother to save my cousin's life!" Xiao Zhong said to Queen Youlan.

Queen Youlan was puzzled: "This palace is not a mage, how can I save the county lord?" ”

Xiao Zhong said: "That's not simple, it's not easy to ask the queen mother to recognize the county lord as a righteous daughter, the queen mother shocks the six palaces, not to mention the female ghosts, even if the gods come, you have to respect the queen mother for three points." ”

Xiao Zhong said: "This is a good way, now this female ghost must be suppressed by the queen." ”

So, Concubine Hu, Xiao Zhong, Chen Xian and others immediately begged the queen for mercy and accepted Xiao Mingyue as a righteous daughter.

Seeing this, Queen Youlan couldn't refuse in front of everyone, and Emperor Wu was also there, so when she showed her virtue, she could only agree.

said: "If you can save the county lord, this palace is indeed willing." ”

Emperor Wu of Liang also praised: "The queen is really virtuous. ”

So, at the moment, people prepared a ceremony to let Queen Youlan recognize Xiao Mingyue as her righteous daughter.